Device for separating gas from water and oil.



No. 689,366. PatentedDec. |7 ,'-.l90l.

c. NEWBOLD & A. LUWRY. DEVICE FOR SEPABATING GAS FROM WATER AND OIL.

(Application 616 m. 12. 1901. (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE NEWBOLD AND ALBERT LOWRY, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA; SAID NEWBOLDASSIGNOR TO SAID LOWRY.

DEVICE FOR SEPARATING GAS FROM WATER AND OIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 689,366, dated December17, 1901. Application fi ed March 12, 1901. Serial No. 50.794. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CLARENCE NEwBoLD and ALBERT LOWRY, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Elwood, in the county of Madison andState of Indiana, have made a certain new and useful Invention inDevices for Separating Gas from Water and Oil; and we declare thefollowing to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a front elevation of our device. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section of the same.

The invention relates to means for separating gas from water and oil asthey come from the oil-well; and it consists in the novel constructionand combinations of devices,as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A designates the inlet-pipe,which is connected to the pipe running from the well. This inlet-pipeextends downward, as at B, a short distance (about eighteen inches, moreor less) into the large receiver-pipe or tubular chamher a, into whichthe oil, water, and gas are discharged, the water falling to the bottom,the oil also falling, and the gas rising and passing into the secondtubular chamber or receiver I by the pipe H, which connects the tops ofthe two receivers to and I, and out through the pipe J, which projectsfrom the upper portion or top of the receiver I, which is about equal insize to the receiver a and parallel therewith. The lower portionsorbottoms of the receivers Cb and I are connected by the pipe 0, whichis also connected to the drum D below, into which the bulk of the waterand oil is carried down. The drum is provided with a float L, to whichis connected a lever M.

Below the drum D is a pipe E, which is connected to the bottom of thedrum. This pipe receives the water and oil from said drum and serves tolet the water and oil pass oif, in accordance with the action of thevalve F,

which is designed to act automatically in clos- 5o ing the exit-opening.

In the connecting-pipe c is arranged a partition in the arm on the sideof the receiver I, and in this partition is made a small opening g,which is designed to permit the down ward passage of the condensation inthe re ceiver I.

The pipe H, connecting the tops of the two receivers to and I, serves toconduct the gas and mist or vapor by its downward bend or extension Binto receiver I, wherein the vapor or mist condenses and falls, the gasrising and flowing out by the pipe J.

The float L in the drum Dis preferably made of aluminium, and to it arod is conneoted which extends downward and is attached to an arm of thelever M in the pipe E, the other arm of said lever being connected to avalve F at the exit portion of said pipe, this valve being opened whenthe float rises and closed when the float falls.

K indicates the valve-seat.

A small crank device or lifting-wire is provided at N, whereby the leverM can be operated by hand when necessary.

The operation is as follows: The mingled gas, oil, and water flowing inby the pipe A passes down by the bend B and into the receiver at, wherethe main separation by gravity takes place, the gas and vapor rising andpassing through the pipe H into the second or gas receiver I and thewater and oil flowing down into the drum D and out in an iutermittentmanner, regulated by the float L, lever M, and valve F. A secondseparation takes place in the condensing-receiver I, the gas rising andpassing off through the pipe J and the condensation falling and passingoff intermittently through the drum D.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In a separator for gas, water and oil, the combination with the tworeceivers having inlet and outlet pipes, of the connection at the top ofsaid receivers, and the connection at the bottom of said receivers, thereceiving-drum connected to the latter, its conceases side of thecondensing-receiver, the drum and float, exit-pipe, lever and valve,substantially i as specified.

-In testimony whereof we affix our signa- I5 I tnres in presence of twowitnesses.

CLARENCE NEWBOLD. ALBERT LOWRY.

J. H. BROOKINS,

Vv'itnesses: I J. A. BROOKINS.

